April Fools: Magician’s Nephew Screenplay Leaked

Posted April 1, 2011 1:58 pm by Tirian

Hope you enjoyed our April Fools jokes this year!

It’s a phrase that sends shudders down the spine of any NarniaWebber: We have a leaked script.

A page from a purported script was posted yesterday at Twitpic. You can see the leaked script below. The story seems to be sticking very close to the book, in fact some of the lines are verbatim from the book.

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Please be aware that this has not been confirmed by the production, but it does appear that they may already be working on the screenplay for the next Narnia movie.

Okay, this April fools business is getting out of hand! But, seriously, I like the style. Before people were shocked about April fools’ jokes in the past because they were so far away from the book, but they came true. Now, your trying to go the other way. Hindsight 20/20, eh?

WRONG. "The Seeker" was far far worse…so much so that I can’t even bring myself to call it an "adaptation". Those of us who love Susan Cooper and her original sequence "The Dark is Rising" were absolutely horrified at the pointless Americanization of the main character and utter lack of ANY understanding of the supposed source material. At least Eragon bore SOME resemblance to the original characters and plot. The same could never be said of The Seeker. 🙁 <><

*UPDATE* I have been actually been able to read the scan above on the Twitter.In summary, Digory and Polly watch a guinea pig in the attic dissapear, they are seen by Andrew, who greets them, forces them into the room, and just as he starts explaining about magician’s enchantments or something, Polly sees some rings in a bowl…
Okay, there is much of a mystery to this, but I don’t think they’re joking, even on April Fool’s Day. Notice at the top Michael Petroni’s name is there as is the date 3/14/11. I’m not losing self-control, but this is not something to be laughed at until we get more information.

I wouldn’t get your hopes up. Remember it’s April 1st, and the Narniaweb mods are very clever. 🙂 I think it’s a bit early to see a leaked script anyway, and just because it’s close to the book, that doesn’t mean it’s real. In fact, I bet the opposite is true.

Sorry to be a wet blanket. I just don’t want anyone (including myself) to get too excited.

I agree. And what’s more, I think that no-one would post something on a site like this without even the slightest hint of its being an April Fools joke. :-/ I don’t know whether this is for real or not, but it’s certainly interesting…

I believe this is actually real. the image itself was posted yesterday on the internet. Besides, if this was a joke, they would have made it into something more chocking. As far as I see on a first glimpse, there are no big changes from the book or anything.

They ruined VDT and therefore have lost my trust, but when something like this is released (if it is actually real), with nothing wrong with it and actually true to the book, maybe it is wise to give some positive feedback? You are one of the fans they actually listen to sometimes, so if you would congratulate them, maybe they will continue the good work.

Whether it’s real or not, they’ve only just got past pitching the idea. No script is anywhere /near/ ready. Take it from someone who’s read leaked scripts while stuff’s in post-production and it still didn’t pan out. It ain’t ready, joke or not.

This article isn’t April Fools-ish at all. Except, the screenwriter hasn’t been confirmed yet! You should see all the April fools pranks on Narnia Fans, they’re totally ridiculous!http://www.narniafans.com/

Fireflower, if you go on NarniaWeb, NarniaFans, TheLion’sCall, or Aslan’sCountry, do not believe anything posted on April 1. They like to toy with our feverish-fan minds. NarniaWeb and NarniaFans are the most reliable sites for news, except on April Fool’s Day! 😉 (I don’t go on Aslan’sCountry that much, but I think they’re good, too.)

OF COURSE IT’S APRIL FOOLS! LOL. I can’t believe how many of you think it’s real! Tehehe… it’s eay to type someone else’s name on the top of a page. And anyway- since when did NarniaWeb post ANY leaked stuff…it ain’t their style.

i dont think so. there’s no possible way that a screenplay can be leaked.
for the record, i dont find these April Fool’s jokes funny at all. i’ve had my own today, but when it deals with Narnia thats just too far.

Ha, ha, ha, that’s really funny! *Heavy sarcasm* But really, they did have some of us fooled… at least with the White Witch thing and the Next Narnia Film. Everyone (well, almost everyone) believed those two!

Even if this isn’t a real script, whoever did write it did a good job of it. As in the actual writing on the script seemed what someone "adapting" the book would do — kinda like the book but not really … accidentally-on-purpose as my sis says.

I’ll give "whoever" a B+ for their writing skills. A C- for the ability to get me to glance twice. And last of all, an A for the script layout.

A LOT of us don’t get into the april fool stupidity!! We just want to read interesting info about Narnia. Please NO more!! Oh and A LOT of us Narnia fans are huge fans of the movies and NOT the books. The movies have been awesome, especially Prince Caspian. I have only read one of the books, Prince Caspian,and was not deeply impressed. And I very much appreciate Narniaweb!! Thanks!!